Aegina
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: Schuchert, Peter
date: 2026-08-01
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Aegina Eschscholtz, 1829
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Aegina Eschscholtz, 1829. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116994 on 2026-08-01
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2016-01-21T08:08:52Z
replaces: 1333701
replaces: 868068
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Aegina Eschscholtz, 1829
class: Hydrozoa
family: Aeginidae
genus: Aegina
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls.
name published in: Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates.
name published in year: 1829
name published in year: 1879
order: Narcomedusae
parent name usage ID: 16846
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: Eschscholtz, 1829
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted